Battle the Two Demons (2)
The whip shot upwards, its tip moving with the agility of a dragon's tail, creating several whip shadows that clashed with a few flying swords. With a few clangs, the whip immediately deflected the incoming swords.
Yue Qianchou was startled by the whistling cane that came crashing down on him like Jiang Ziya's God-Beating Whip. He quickly dodged on his sword, but the force of the cane made his clothes flutter. If he had been hit, he would have been smashed down from the sky on the spot.
The cane missed its first strike, then tumbled and bounced back, aiming for its target again before hurtling down with a whoosh. Yue Qianchou immediately summoned his flying sword to counter it, but the sword was no match for it; it was likely that the cane had been refined into a superior Law Artifact.
The man was immediately chased by the vine cane, running wildly through the air, dodging and weaving. The one-legged Old Monster Teng below chuckled savagely. From where the severed leg had been, a new leg slowly and disgustingly grew back. Although the new leg had grown, the Old Monster Teng's face had become much paler, clearly an act that consumed a great deal of energy.
"Gather!" During the brief moment of hiding, Yue Qianchou shouted, pointing his fingers. The scattered flying swords quickly flew towards him like lightning, gathering into an umbrella shape, hovering and spinning two meters away from his fingertips.
The cane came crashing down again, Yue Qianchou flicked his finger to block it. The umbrella-shaped sword and shield immediately blocked it. With a loud "bang," the two collided, and the sword and shield were shattered on the spot. The cane rolled and bounced up, paused slightly in mid-air, and then came crashing down again.
"Damn it!" Yue Qianchou yelled, pointing heavily with two fingers. The ninety-nine flying swords once again coalesced into a sword shield to defend. The two sides collided with a loud "bang," and the process repeated itself. Thus, a dramatic scene unfolded in the air: one sword kept smashing down from various angles, while the other kept blocking from various angles.
The Old Monster Teng with newly grown legs couldn't wait any longer; he couldn't wait to avenge himself. His thick, thigh-like vine whip lashed out with a whoosh, its movements synchronized with the vine staff in mid-air, striking like hammer blows, creating a constant clanging sound. This immediately left Yue Qianchou in a sorry state, his fingers constantly gathering fragments of shattered flying swords into shields, deflecting attacks from all directions. Fortunately, neither of the two demons had reached the Tribulation Transcendence stage; otherwise, Yue Qianchou certainly wouldn't have been able to withstand such onslaught.
Suffering the attack in mid-air like this, his True Essence was being rapidly depleted. Yue Qianchou hurriedly took out several handfuls of "Qi Replenishing Pill," swallowing them like beans to recover his True Essence. His face grew increasingly gloomy, and two leaping blue flames occasionally flashed in his eyes, though he couldn't see them himself. He probably wanted to use the blue flames that he had been suppressing. It seemed that his idea of practicing sword control would have to be put on hold for now.
"I never imagined a Core Formation stage cultivator could wield sword control so skillfully." Old Lady Teng couldn't help but praise, gazing at the sky. For a Core Formation stage to withstand the combined attack of two Nascent Soul Realm cultivators was truly remarkable. She then turned back and asked, "Old man, who is this young man, and how did he end up here?"
"Who knows who he is? We can't worry about that now. Let's kill him and get revenge first," Old Monster Teng said with a ferocious expression.
Perched atop a tree in a dense forest not too far away stood a woman in a long pink dress, her hair piled high, framing her strikingly beautiful face and giving her an exceptionally noble air. Behind her stood two other women in similar pink attire, but their bearing was far less refined than hers. The three women stood silently on the treetops, watching the fight in the distance, their skirts fluttering in the breeze.
"Who is this young man, and how did he end up here?" The elegant woman suddenly asked the same question as Old Lady Teng.
A woman to her right replied, "Your Majesty, I don't know either. Just now, Old Lady Teng suddenly sensed someone destroying her, so she rushed over. Old Lady Teng didn't say anything else."
The noblewoman frowned slightly and said, "That's strange! Judging from how hard that young man was fighting, his cultivation level is only at the Core Formation stage. A mere Core Formation stage Demon Ghost Domain. How could he possibly have made it to this place?"
The woman on the left asked in confusion, "Yes! This place isn't far from Thousand Mile Lake. Could he be from Shuntian Island? Could he be a disciple of the 'Punishment Envoy'?"
Her words were merely a casual conjecture, but the other two who heard them changed their expressions drastically. The woman on the right shook her head repeatedly and said, "Impossible. The 'Punishment Envoy' has unfathomable cultivation. How could his disciples be so useless? Didn't the previous He Li also have the cultivation of the mid Tribulation stage?"
The noblewoman's expression softened, and she nodded, saying, "Indeed, even if the disciples under the 'Punishment Envoy' are useless, their cultivation shouldn't be this poor."
If Yue Qianchou had heard someone describe him like that, he would have been furious. Luckily, he didn't hear it.
Fighting fiercely in the air, his anger grew with each attack. The couple attacked together, and he had no chance to fight back at all, constantly being suppressed. If Old Lady Teng were to use her whip again, he would have already succumbed. Finally, he couldn't take it anymore. The feeling of being constantly suppressed was extremely unpleasant, and a chilling blue light appeared in his eyes, with two leaping blue flames clearly shining.
The sword and shield protecting Yue Qianchou had just been shattered by Old Lady Teng's staff when a five-clawed creature gleaming with an eerie blue light swiftly pierced through the flying swords and grabbed the staff, which was about to strike again after its momentum had waned. At the same time, the other hand extended two fingers and pointed, causing the shattered flying swords to quickly coalesce and block Pain Old Monster's whip. As soon as the sword and shield shattered, the five-clawed creature, gleaming with an eerie blue light, immediately extended and grabbed the whip's tail in the same manner.
The flying sword completed its mission and, with a whoosh, transformed into a cold glint and flashed into Yue Qianchou's Storage Bag.
Just as Yue Qianchou grabbed the vine whip, the Old Monster Teng on the other end of the whip howled, "It's burning me! It's burning me! Little brat, let go! Let go!" It convulsed as it swung its arm, which had transformed into a vine whip. Finally, perhaps unable to bear it any longer, it gritted its teeth and, just like when it lost all ten fingers last time, left a long section of the whip tail in Yue Qianchou's hand.
Old Lady Teng glanced in surprise at her old man, who was jumping around and snorting to himself. Then she looked at Yue Qianchou. The moment Yue Qianchou grabbed her cane, the Divine Sense attached to it vanished instantly, and she completely lost contact with the cane.
Yue Qianchou floated in the air, the objects he held in each hand suddenly bursting into blue flames. The flames died down, and the objects turned to ashes, scattered by the wind. The two sudden bursts of blue flame astonished everyone nearby and those far away. But what followed was even more astonishing...
A smile crept onto Yue Qianchou's lips. The thought that someone dared to beat him up in the Demon Ghost Domain, despite being Bi Changchun's disciple, was increasingly amusing. Finally, unable to contain himself, he threw his head back and laughed heartily, "I never imagined that upon my arrival here, I Yue Qianchou, would receive such a warm welcome from you two! How can I possibly repay you? Haha..."
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